Michala Phillips

Navigating the possibilities and pitfalls of biocrust recovery in a changing climate Biological soil crusts are complex communities composed of lichens, mosses, bacteria, and cyanobacteria that create a living skin on the soil surface across drylands worldwide. Although small in size...

New paper out in the American Journal of Botany with some of my science role models, @michalaphillips.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @kristinayoung.bsky.social and also Cara Lauria and Ana Giraldo-Silva.

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So fun to work on this with you!!!

At 10:30 "Science as a Catalyst for Hope" w/ @NewPhyt keynoter Sasha Reed @ecology_awesome from @USGSAZ events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det... #ESA2025

We look forward to reconnecting at ESA this week! See you soon.

Are you attending ESA this year? Are you a biocrust lover?

Come to COS 011 on Monday 1:30 pm to learn all about CrustNet and biological soil crusts. We are excited to recruit new collaborators and new sites for this project.
#esa2025
@womeninsoileco.bsky.social

Who is doing #biocrust work in the alpine in North America? Let's talk! I want more field sites here 👇🤩

Bring me!!!

Navigating the possibilities and pitfalls of biocrust recovery in a changing climate Biological soil crusts are complex communities composed of lichens, mosses, bacteria, and cyanobacteria that create a living skin on the soil surface across drylands worldwide. Although small in size...

#Biocrusts are vital to dryland health—but can they recover after being disturbed? 🤔A new review in @botsocamerica.bsky.social #AmJBot by @michalaphillips.bsky.social & al explores biocrust recovery timelines, climate impacts & restoration potential bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Navigating the possibilities and pitfalls of biocrust recovery in a changing climate Biological soil crusts are complex communities composed of lichens, mosses, bacteria, and cyanobacteria that create a living skin on the soil surface across drylands worldwide. Although small in size...

Our new review is out led by @michalaphillips.bsky.social examining #biocrust recovery amidst climate change 👇

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Biocrust Mosses and Cyanobacteria Exhibit Distinct Carbon Uptake Responses to Variations in Precipitation Amount and Frequency This study investigates carbon uptake in biological soil crusts (biocrusts) under varying precipitation regimes, testing pulse-response strategies in moss- and cyanobacteria-dominated crusts. The res...

Nice new paper out by @kristinayoung.bsky.social This was one of her dissertation chapters and some offshoot work from our fungal loop project.

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Congratulations to two amazing women in Biogeochemistry — @ecology-awesome.bsky.social and Francesca Cotrufo — who were honored at #AGU24

Excited to announce the next International Biocrust Reading Group Meeting! 🪴🌍 We'll meet on January 7th at 17:00 GMT to discuss the latest in biocrust research. Interested in joining? Send me a message! #Biocrust #Ecology #ScienceCommunity @michalaphillips.bsky.social

Fire ecology/remote sensing post-doc opening at Northern Arizona University to work on a number of projects evaluating fuel treatment effectiveness in Southwest US with USGS, BLM, USFWS, USFS, BIA, and DoD

Search for position number 608172 in this link: hr.peoplesoft.nau.edu/psp/ph92prta...

#COP16Riyadh happening now. #Restoration and #winderosion are being represented by many attendees, including the USDA ARS Jornada Experimental Range. Live streaming is available for many of the sessions.

For anyone attending #AGU2024, consider coming to our town hall on Wednesday the 11th 12:30-1:30 where we will be presenting about “A Community Effort: Publishing Guidelines for Indigenous Data Sovereignty and the CARE Principles.”

It's great to see early work that I was involved in with Tim Wertin and @ecology-awesome.bsky.social being cited in the below chapter as one of the few studies examining the controls of CO2 exchange in global drylands.
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Thrilled and proud to share our paper, Plant community composition and traits modulate the impacts of drought intensity on soil microbial community composition and function, now out in Soil Biology and Biochemistry: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our new paper examining recovery of Piñon and Juniper after fire as well as the impacts of forest thinning is out today in
Global Change Biology! I greatly enjoyed working with this awesome team in one of my favorite ecosystems!

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